Mastering vocabulary – Spanish offers research and evidence-based approaches to accelerating vocabulary acquisition for KS3-4 students. It includes differentiated PowerPoints, collaborative learning activities and photocopiable resources to support comprehension skills for students in years 9, 10 and 11. The resources draw on: cognitive research into memorisation examiners’ reports from reading and listening papers vocabulary lists from all exam boards best classroom practice by experienced teachers. Suitable for any exam board, this pack covers approaches to learning, vocabulary starters, games and revision, as well as exam strategies. What’s included? Includes vocabulary starters, games, revision, learning strategies and exam tips. Differentiated resources for years 9-11. For use with AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas/WJEC exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) 1. Learning strategies (pages 5-17) 10 tips for memorising vocabulary Memory challenge template Word wheel template False friends quilts 2. Vocabulary starters (pages 18-42) Word play starters: opinions Triangle puzzles: time expressions Make the link: synonyms, antonyms and connected words 3. Vocabulary games (pages 43-52) Verb games Snakes and ladders: decodable verbs Speedy verb race 4. Vocabulary revision (pages 53-68) Take 10 words Revision quiz cards Pick ‘n’ mix worksheets Exam Tips (page 69)

Mastering vocabulary – French offers research and evidence-based approaches to accelerating vocabulary acquisition for KS3-4 students. It includes differentiated PowerPoints, collaborative learning activities and photocopiable resources to support comprehension skills for students in years 9, 10 and 11. The resources draw on: cognitive research into memorisation examiners’ reports from reading and listening papers vocabulary lists from all exam boards best classroom practice by experienced teachers. Suitable for any exam board, this pack covers approaches to learning, vocabulary starters, games and revision, as well as exam strategies. What’s included? Includes vocabulary starters, games, revision, learning strategies and exam tips. Differentiated resources for years 9-11. For use with AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas/WJEC exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) 1. Learning strategies (pages 5-17) 10 tips for memorising vocabulary Memory challenge template (PowerPoint 1) Word wheel template False friends quilts 2. Vocabulary starters (pages 18-42) Word play starters: opinions (PowerPoint 2) Triangle puzzles: time expressions Make the link: synonyms, antonyms and connected words 3. Vocabulary games (pages 43-52) Verb games (PowerPoint 3) Snakes and ladders: decodable verbs Speedy verb race 4. Vocabulary revision (pages 53-68) Take 10 words (PowerPoint 4) Revision quiz cards Pick ‘n’ mix worksheets 5. Exam tips (page 69) 10 exam tips to share

This GCSE teaching pack consists of 10 PowerPoint files with accompanying photocopiable resources and is designed to improve students’ skills at translating from Spanish to English. Based on careful analysis of examiner reports and on teacher feedback, the pack focuses on 10 key skills, each linked to a different topic. The pack includes tasks for Foundation and Higher tiers and exam-style assessments. Weave the activities into your teaching throughout the GCSE course or use as a revision tool in the run-up to the exam. Mastering GCSE translation – Spanish to English will prepare students for the last question in the Spanish reading exam with AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas. What’s included? 10 differentiated PowerPoint lessons on GCSE translation skills (into English) Engaging learning activities across 10 topics Exam-style assessments for Foundation and Higher, with answers. What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Teaching Notes (pages 5-6) Lesson 1: Precision (Topic: family and friends) (pages 7-11) Learning activity: quiz, quiz, trade Precision assessment and answers Lesson 2: Time frames (Topic: technology) (pages 12-15) Learning activity: collaborative translation Time frames assessment and answers Lesson 3: Negatives (Topic: free time) (pages 16-20) Learning activity: verbal dominoes Negatives assessment and answers Lesson 4: Articles and adverbs (Topic: customs and festivals) (pages 21-27) Learning activity: one pen, one dice Articles and adverbs assessment and answers Lesson 5: Pronouns and possessive adjectives (Topic: house and town) (pages 28-32) Learning activity: four in a row game Pronouns and possessive adjectives assessment and answers Lesson 6: False friends (Topic: social issues) (pages 33-36) Learning activity: card sort False friends assessment and answers Lesson 7: Connectives (Topic: global issues) (pages 37-41) Learning activity: running translation Connectives assessment and answers Lesson 8: Unknown words (Topic: holidays) (pages 42-46) Learning activity: card game Unknown words assessment and answers Lesson 9: Checking the basics (Topic: school) (pages 47-53) Learning activity: find it and fix it Checking the basics assessment and answers Lesson 10: Common sense (Topic: work and future plans) (pages 54-58) Learning activity: back to back Common sense assessments and answers

This GCSE teaching pack consists of 10 PowerPoint files with accompanying photocopiable resources and is designed to improve students’ skills at translating from French to English. Based on careful analysis of examiner reports and on teacher feedback, the pack focuses on 10 key skills, each linked to a different topic. The pack includes tasks for Foundation and Higher tiers and exam-style assessments. Weave the activities into your teaching throughout the GCSE course or use as a revision tool in the run-up to the exam. Mastering GCSE translation – French to English will prepare students for the last question in the French reading exam with AQA, Edexcel or Eduqas. What’s included? 10 differentiated PowerPoint lessons on GCSE translation skills (into English). Engaging learning activities across 10 topics. Exam-style assessments for Foundation and Higher, with answers. What’s inside? Introduction (page 5) Teaching notes (page 6) Lesson 1: Precision (Topic: family and friends) (pages 6-11) Learning activity: quiz, quiz, trade Precision assessment and answers Lesson 2: Time frames (Topic: technology) (pages 12-15) Learning activity: collaborative translation Time frames assessment and answers Lesson 3: Negatives (Topic: free time) (pages 16-20) Learning activity: verbal dominoes Negatives assessment and answers Lesson 4: Articles and adverbs (Topic: customs and festivals) (pages 21-27) Learning activity: one pen, one dice Articles and adverbs assessment and answers Lesson 5: Pronouns and possessive adjectives (Topic: house and town) (pages 28-32) Learning activity: four in a row game Pronouns and possessive adjectives assessment and answers Lesson 6: False friends (Topic: social issues) (pages 33-36) Learning activity: card sort False friends assessment and answers Lesson 7: Connectives (Topic: global issues) (pages 37-41) Learning activity: running translation Connectives assessment and answers Lesson 8: Unknown words (Topic: holidays) (pages 42-46) Learning activity: card game Unknown words assessment and answers Lesson 9: Checking the basics (Topic: school) (pages 47-53) Learning activity: find it and fix it Checking the basics assessment and answers Lesson 10: Common sense (Topic: work and future plans) (pages 54-58) Learning activity: back to back Common sense assessment and answers

Designed for AQA’s Spanish GCSE but also suited to support specifications from Edexcel and Eduqas, this pack will equip students with the language and skills they need to tackle their writing exam. Success at writing offers targeted and differentiated revision for all attainment levels, from grades 9-1. Students can pick and choose the question type they most need to work on and make real progress in a short space of time. The pack includes activities for each of the question types in the writing exam for Foundation and Higher tiers and features top tips to help students maximise their marks. What’s included activities for each of the question types for Foundation and Higher tiers, including describing a photo, the 40, 90 and 150 word tasks and translation revision of key language, pair work and peer assessment as well as exam practice top tips to ensure success. What’s inside? Foundation tier Describing a photo (Foundation question 1) (pages 7-24) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers 40 word task (Foundation question 2) (pages 25-44) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Translation sentences (Foundation question 3) (pages 45-61) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Foundation and Higher tiers 90 word task (Foundation question 4 and Higher question 1) (pages 62-82) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Higher tier 150 word task (Higher question 2) (pages 83-105) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Translation passage (Higher question 3) (pages 106-117) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers

Designed for AQA’s French GCSE (but also relevant to specifications from Edexcel and Eduqas), this pack will equip students with the language and skills they need to tackle their writing exam. Success at writing offers targeted and differentiated revision for all attainment levels, from grades 9-1. Students can pick and choose the question type they most need to work on and make real progress in a short space of time. The pack includes activities for each of the question types in the writing exam for Foundation and Higher tiers and features top tips to help students maximise their marks. What’s included? activities for each of the question types for Foundation and Higher tiers, including describing a photo, the 40, 90 and 150 word tasks and translation revision of key language, pair work and peer assessment as well as exam practice top tips to ensure success. What’s inside? Introduction (page 4) Teaching notes (page 5) Foundation tier Describing a photo (Foundation question 1) (pages 7-24) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers 40 word task (Foundation question 2) (pages 25-44) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Translation sentences (Foundation question 3) (pages 45-61) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Foundation and Higher tiers 90 word task (Foundation question 4 and Higher question 1) (pages 62-82) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Higher tier 150 word task (Higher question 2) (pages 83-105) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers Translation passage (Higher question 3) (pages 106-116) Getting started Tackling the question Exam practice Reflect and review Answers (page 117)

Designed for the GCSE Spanish specifications for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will help students to prepare for their speaking exam. The pack includes activities for the role-play, photo card and general conversation elements of the exam, along with revision materials. Covering all three themes for GCSE Spanish speaking, the pack also provides differentiated material for Foundation and Higher tiers, teaching notes and answers. What’s included? worksheets and vocabulary support pair work speaking activities and games help with how to revise for Spanish speaking GCSE model answers to use and adapt exam-style tasks. What’s inside? Section one: Role-plays (pages 4-34) Teaching notes Las redes sociales y la tecnología La música El deporte Donde vivo En el restaurante La salud Las vacaciones Los estudios y el trabajo Answers Section two: Photo cards (pages 35-75) Teaching notes Los amigos y la familia El matrimonio y la vida en pareja Las redes sociales y la tecnología Las tradiciones y las celebraciones Las obras caritativas y el voluntariado Los problemas medioambientales La pobreza y los sin techo El trabajo y elegir profesión Answers Section three: General conversation (pages 76-101) Teaching notes Asking questions Key ingredients Practice questions Answers Section four: Revision (pages 102-112) Teaching notes Mind-map template Word sort Inference grids Pass the parcel speaking Answers

Designed for the GCSE French specifications for AQA, Edexcel and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will help students to prepare for their speaking exam. The pack includes activities for the role-play, photo card and general conversation elements of the exam, along with revision materials. Covering all three GCSE French speaking themes, the pack also provides differentiated material for Foundation and Higher tiers, teaching notes and answers. What’s included? worksheets and vocabulary support pair work speaking activities and games model answers to use and adapt exam-style tasks perfect for GCSE French speaking revision. What’s inside? Section one: Role-plays (pages 4-34) Teaching notes Les réseaux sociaux et la technologie La musique Le sport Là où j’habite Au restaurant La santé Les vacances Les études et le travail Answers Section two: Photo cards (pages 35-75) Teaching notes Les amis et la famille Le mariage et la vie en couple Les réseaux sociaux et la technologie Les traditions et les célébrations Les œuvres caritatives et le bénévolat Les problèmes environnementaux La pauvreté et les sans-abris Le travail et les choix de carrière Answers Section three: General conversation (pages 76-101) Teaching notes Asking questions Key ingredients Practice questions Answers Section four: Revision (pages 102-112) Teaching notes Mind-map template Word sort Inference grids Pass the parcel speaking Answers

This Gothic scheme of learning will introduce KS3 students to the key elements of the Gothic genre, while building their reading, writing and comprehension skills. You’ll find extracts from some of the most celebrated Gothic novels to share with students in this engaging teaching pack, as well as Gothic poems and ghostly short stories from the 18th and 19th century to the present day, including The Castle of Otranto, Northanger Abbey, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Hound of the Baskervilles, ‘The Red Room’ and ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe. There is also an extract from the exciting new YA series, City of Ghosts, to celebrate contemporary gothic fiction and encourage more reading for pleasure. The key stage 3 lesson activities are designed to provide an overview of Gothic genre conventions, tropes, settings and character archetypes, and anticipate the key themes in Gothic literature to prepare students for GCSE English Literature prose texts. To develop students’ exam skills for GCSE English Language, the teaching pack also includes a range of comprehension tasks to build students’ unseen fiction and unseen poetry skills and their confidence with new texts and new vocabulary. There are also exciting stimulus ideas for creative writing tasks for students to develop their fiction writing skills and comparative tasks looking at two texts. The 94-page pack is student-facing and aimed at year 7-9 students, and includes a range of engaging teaching resources, worksheets and PPTs. There are differentiated activities, with stretch and challenge extension suggestions as well as more supportive ‘ladder up’ tasks, such as sentence starters and scaffolded resources. What’s included? There are 14 lessons and lesson plans for English teachers which include: Do now activities Starter activities Main activities with embedded formative assessment tasks, learning checks and reading comprehension questions Plenaries Homework tasks. Each lesson is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, and the teaching pack also includes the lesson tasks and classroom worksheets along with answers for self or peer marking in class. Several lessons include a focus on writing analytically, using the PETER paragraphing framework. The teaching pack culminates in a GCSE-style summative assessment task, which will help you to assess students’ progress in reading and writing. There is also a detailed and comprehensive 15-page scheme of learning to integrate into your KS3 curriculum plans.

World War One inspired the war poets to respond to the horrors and brutalities of war in new ways, writing some of the most vivid, profound and powerful poetry in English Literature. Help your year 7, 8 and 9 students to appreciate their sacrifices with this thoughtful and engaging scheme of learning. This student-facing pack includes 8 lessons with a range of classroom resources and activities to develop students’ understanding and appreciation of poetic form, structure and style, while building their core reading, writing, comprehension, vocabulary and oracy skills. What’s included? Each lesson includes starter activities, followed by 5-6 main activities, and an extension or homework task, with answers for self- or peer marking in class. There are 8 PowerPoint presentations to help you to deliver each lesson, and a summative assessment with an accompanying PowerPoint to review and check students’ progress and learning. Activities in this scheme of learning include: scaffolded writing tasks to develop students’ analytical writing skills comparative tasks looking at two poems and approaches to tackling unseen poems comprehension questions to check students’ understanding discussion tasks, reading aloud and performance ideas to build oral skills and reading confidence word decoding tasks, glossaries and word banks to build students’ vocabulary formative assessment tasks and low-stakes quizzes. There are also carefully scaffolded and differentiated poetry analysis tasks to help students understand how to use World War I poetry quotes in their written work. The pack aims to bring the context of the poems to life, with a range of historic texts including propaganda posters, soldiers’ diaries and letters sent home, as well as facts about the Great War. There are 13 famous World War I poems to explore, including ‘The Troop Ship’ by Isaac Rosenberg, ‘Futility’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ by Wilfred Owen, ‘First Time In’ by Ivor Gurney, John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’, ‘Owl’ by Edward Thomas and ‘Recruiting’ by E.A Mackintosh, as well as poems by Henry Smalley Sarson. Women’s poetry from World War I is also recognised, including ‘The Gift of India’ by Sarojini Naidu, ‘Who’s for the Game?’ by Jessie Pope, May Wedderburn Cannan’s ‘August 1914’ and Sara Teasdale’s ‘Spring in War-Time’. Taking a thematic approach to war poetry throughout the lessons, students will consider the start of the war, propaganda, recruitment and the call-up, before exploring life at the front, the horror of war in the trenches and the camaraderie between soldiers who served on the frontlines. There is also a focus on women’s lives on the home front and a lesson on the significant contribution of British Empire soldiers, looking at Caribbean, Indian and black British recruits. This 78-page teaching pack includes everything you need to explore the context, power and impact of World War I poetry with KS3 English Literature students.

Take a step by step approach to building your students’ confidence in understanding and analysing unseen poems. ‘The way to understand poems, whether unseen or not, is to get under their skin – and that requires active strategies, which this teaching pack and resources provide.’ Trevor Millum, writer and poet This time-saving teaching pack includes seven pairs of carefully-selected poems for comparison alongside a resource workbook, providing you and your students with all you need to prepare for the unseen poetry element of the GCSE exam. What’s included? 7 pairs of poems a resource workbook for students to complete detailed teaching notes for each poem a mix of older and contemporary poems exam-style questions for all exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction Top tips for approaching an unseen poem Unit 1 ‘At the Draper’s’ by Thomas Hardy ‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 2 ‘Late Love’ by Jackie Kay ‘Love and Friendship’ by Emily Brontë Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 3 ‘Finding the Keys’ by Robin Robertson ‘October’ by Robert Frost Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 4 ‘Calling Card’ by Tracey Herd ‘For Meg’ by Fleur Adcock Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 5 ‘A London Thoroughfare. 2am.’ by Amy Lowell ‘Frost Fair’ by Rowyda Amin Comparison resource Exam questions Unit 6 ‘Long Life’ by Elaine Feinstein ‘Fish oil, exercise and no wild parties’ by Beatrice Garland Comparison resource Exam questions

This six-week teaching pack addresses the 19th century text elements of the English Literature GCSE and provides students with a practical, accessible route-through the text – and plenty of exam practice to boot. Crammed, as always, with engaging activities and resources – including comprehension, language analysis and creative tasks – plus advice for differentiation and sample exam questions, the pack contains all you need to bring Stevenson’s novel to life. What’s included? assessment objective mapping lesson plans and ideas along with 52 tailor-made resources exam-style questions for all exam boards. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-9) Route through week 1: Pre-reading and introducing Chapter 1 (pages 10-36) Reactions to Victorian London Book cover predictions Gothic mini saga Ethical issues Introducing Mr Utterson Gothic literature – style and language Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – research topics Story of the door Victorian times Stretch and challenge Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Chapter summary table Route through week 2: Finishing Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (pages 37-60) Nightmares Design your own villain Introducing Mr Hyde Speak to the hand Questions on chapters one and two Mr Utterson’s reaction (Chapter 2) Villain cards Reputation, reputation, reputation Practice exam 1 Route through week 3: Chapters 3, 4 and 5 (pages 61-89) Carew colour coding An odd relationship Discussion questions Analysis of ‘Incident of the letter’ (Chapter 5) Bingo! (Chapters 1-3) The detective role? Silence, secrecy and style – developing themes in the novel Structuring analytical paragraphs Evaluating a PEE paragraph PEE Mobile Route through week 4: Chapters 6, 7 and 8 (pages 90-104) Door symbolism Chapter 7 – focused reading Dr Lanyon’s change Questions on chapters 6 and 7 Chapter 8 – true or false The self and society Route through week 5: Chapters 9, 10 and summarising (pages 105-123) Narrative diamond 9 Chapter 9 questions The duality of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chapter 10 match up Questions that focus on the popularity of the story Evil Practice exam 2 Route through week 6: Revision activities (pages 124-129) The structure of the novel Who said what? Exploring structure The role of Mr Utterson The significance of place in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde RAG rating

What’s included? KS3/4 Mastering spelling punctuation and grammar is a comprehensive SPaG pack containing resources, worksheets and activities designed to help students master the essentials of SPaG and get them GCSE-ready. Mastering spelling, punctuation and grammar contains: curriculum mapping and guidance for teachers along with further reading and/or useful links and references over 150 pages of worksheets, resources and activities spelling strategies, punctuation rules and grammar games to make the learning stick graphic organisers and A4 posters – perfect for consolidation and/or student revision formative assessments (including self and peer assessments) summative assessments (and suggested answers) to help teachers/students identify future learning targets. As your ‘go-to’ SPaG pack, this will support you and your students from the start of KS3 up to GCSE. Mastering spelling, punctuation and grammar covers the following: Spelling spelling strategies and games the golden rules of spelling a spelling toolkit of approaches visualising spellings and connecting meaning approaches to recalling spellings spelling lists – KS3 and KS4 Punctuation punctuation recall (including A4 punctuation mark posters) an exploration of what punctuation is (and its future) full stops commas colons and semicolons punctuating clauses Grammar using and controlling simple, compound and complex sentences statements, questions and imperatives the active and passive voice pronouns words that multi-task: verbs, nouns and adjectives prepositions and conjunctions adjectives and adverbs nouns and determiners

Designed to develop year 8-9 students’ reading comprehension skills and their confidence approaching an unseen fiction text, Mastering comprehension will help upper KS3 students to make the transition to GCSE English Language study. This teaching pack includes eight literary fiction or prose texts from the 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century. The activities are designed for upper KS3 (years 8-9) or higher attaining KS3 students and should provide a helpful transition to the GCSE/IGCSE assessment focus on unseen literary fiction. You’ll find extracts from celebrated novels and short stories to appeal to younger students, as well as a range of genres, literary and narrative styles, including first- and third-person narration. What’s included? The teaching pack is student-facing for use in the classroom, and is designed to provide a series of comprehension practice activities for eight one-hour lessons: Each lesson includes: a choice of two pre-reading starter activities (focusing on context, prediction, vocabulary development, inference skills, oracy skills etc.) a set of three lesson activities to build students’ reading comprehension skills and strategies, and comprehension and inference questions and tasks: skimming, scanning, selecting, summarising and synthesising information analysing language, literary devices and structure evaluating the text critically writing analytically an extension writing task to anticipate some of the fiction and non-fiction writing tasks students will complete in their GCSE English Language exams a plenary or formative assessment activity. Each activity includes answers, where appropriate and there is also a summative assessment task, which includes exam-style questions, with suggested answers for self or peer marking, or to support teachers. The resource pack also includes a focus on vocabulary development by building students’ confidence approaching unfamiliar or challenging new words. The lessons can be used in sequence or as one-off English lessons, for cover activities or for independent homework tasks. The pack includes extracts from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Brick Lane by Monica Ali, The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The Happy-Go-Lucky-Morgans by Edward Thomas, ‘The Story-Teller’ by Saki, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Invisible Mass of the Back Row’ by Claudette Williams.

Murder and madness; perfect for engaging your KS4 students! Designed for the GCSE English Literature specifications for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC Eduqas, this pack will develop your students’ critical reading skills ready for the exam. ‘In writing this pack, I aimed to make the resources as varied and interactive as possible, drawing on my own teaching methods and my deep knowledge of the text. I firmly believe Shakespeare texts are accessible to all students and should not be taught solely in a desk-bound manner. This pack offers a menu which teachers can select from and there is something for every learning style.’ Angela Topping, writer Comprising 25 creative lessons, exam-style questions and resources, the work has been done for you. What’s included? 25 lessons exam-style questions for the relevant exam boards activities to develop students’ critical reading skills in preparation for the GCSE exam. What’s inside? Introduction (page 3) Specification summaries (pages 4-7) Act 1 (pages 8-47) Lessons 1-5 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 2 (pages 48-82) Lessons 6-10 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 3 (pages 83-125) Lessons 11-15 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 4 (pages 126-158) Lessons 16-20 and accompanying resources Exam style questions Act 5 (pages 159-183) Lessons 21-25 and accompanying resources Exam style questions

English homework activities for year 7 is designed to ensure you have all your homework activities for year 7 English in one place. Including differentiated tasks for reading, writing and SPaG, there’s a task for every week of the school year. Whether you use it as a homework workbook or dip in and out, it’s perfect for teachers, home tutors and teaching assistants of year 7 students. The pack is identical to the Home Learning for year 6 – English pack on Teachit Primary: it has been specially adapted for year 7 students to consolidate KS2 prior learning. What’s included 39 photocopiable tasks, differentiated where appropriate mapped to the NC objectives for year 5/6 answers where relevant teacher’s tick list to keep track of work set. What’s inside Teaching notes (page 4) Section 1 – student section Reading resources (pages 5-36) Comprehension resources Book review resources Poetry performance resources Different genres resources Figurative language resources Writing resources (pages 37-67) Resource – proofreading Resource – assessing a piece of writing Resource – describing characters Resource – describing settings Resource – the plot Resource – the big write Resource – a newspaper report Resource – persuasive writing Resource – formal or informal? Resource – a précis Resource – advice for year 6 Resource – your school report Spelling, punctuation and grammar resources (pages 68-100) Resource – prefixes and suffixes Resource – homophones Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus Resource – a conversation Resource – parenthesis Spelling resources Resource – passive verbs Resource – relative clauses Resource – lists Resource – modal verbs Resource – avoiding ambiguity Resource – the perfect tense Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses Section 2 – teacher section Teacher’s tick list (pages 101-103) Answers Reading (pages 104-110) Comprehension resources Figurative language resources Writing (pages 11-112) Proofreading resources Spelling, punctuation and grammar (pages 113-129) Resource – prefixes and suffixes Resource – homophones Resource – using a dictionary and thesaurus Resource – parenthesis Spelling resources Resource – passive verbs Resource – relative clauses Resource – lists Resource – modal verbs Resource – avoiding ambiguity Resource – the perfect tense Resource – expanded noun phrases and independent clauses

Make sure your students are well prepared for AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing. ‘This student-facing pack is designed to be both accessible and challenging. With top tips, AO breakdowns, detailed activities, exam-style questions and suggested answers, it forms a comprehensive student pack which is ideal for developing skills, pushing students, and providing structured, useful revision. It covers a range of stimulating texts and will help to build students’ confidence when dealing with unseen texts and prepare them for the rigour of the GCSE exam.’ Lyndsey Chand, writer Our exam skills pack is divided into sections for reading and writing and features four fiction extracts for analysis along with exam questions for each extract. The pack focuses on key skills and assessment objectives and includes pre-reading activities, matching activities, true/false activities, planning grids, vocabulary tasks, sequencing tasks, creative extension tasks, correction activities and more. Perfect for revision and preparation for the exam. Featured texts: Jamrach’s Menagerie – Carol Birch ‘The Singing Lesson’ – Katherine Mansfield The Lodger – Marie Belloc Lowndes The Hampdenshire Wonder – J.D. Beresford What’s included? four fiction text extracts reading and writing sections exam practice questions. What’s inside? Teacher introduction (pages 3-4) Section A: Reading (pages 5-6) Practise the exam skills: AO1 (first bullet point) (pages 7-25) Source 1: Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch Practise the exam skills: AO2 (language) (pages 25-53) Source 2: ‘The Singing Lesson’ by Katherine Mansfield Practise the exam skills: AO2 (structure) (pages 54-78) Source 3: The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes Practise the exam skills: AO4 (pages 79-102) Source 4: The Hampdenshire Wonder by J.D. Beresford Section B: Writing (pages 103-104) Practise the exam skills: AO5 (pages 105-120) Practise the exam skills: AO6 (pages 121-142)

Ensure your students are well prepared for AQA’s GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives. Based on the themes of the sea, travel, money and the environment, AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 exam skills pack will give your students all the exam practice they need. What’s inside Targeted activities help students understand how to improve their responses to the questions eight non-fiction and literary non-fiction text extracts reading and writing sections for each theme exam tips on assessment objectives for each question exam-style questions and suggested answers. It includes analysis of assessment objectives to help students understand exactly what they need to do to gain marks, and targeted activities to improve their responses to each exam question. What’s included Teacher introduction (pages 4-5) Reading: Student introduction (pages 6-34) Source 1A: ‘How to stay safe at the beach’ by Karl West (2017) with activities Source 1B: ‘The Pleasures of Life’ by John Lubbock (1890) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 35-49) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 50-72) Source 2A: ‘The Guardian view on over-tourism: an unhealthy appetite for travel’ (2018) with activities Source 2B: Francis Kilvert’s diary from the 1870s with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 74-88) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 89-110) Source 3A: A Girl Called Jack by Jack Monroe (2014) with activities Source 3B: Letter from George Dunlop (1813) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 111-123) Activities Practice exam question Reading: Student introduction (pages 124-143) Source 4A: ‘Squids and octopuses thrive as “weeds of the sea” warm to hotter oceans’ by Alan Yuhas (2016) with activities Source 4B: The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1839) with activities Practice exam questions Writing: Student introduction (pages 144-157) Activities Practice exam question

A versatile KS4 pack filled with teaching ideas and activities to help students at different stages of creative writing. The pack includes essential sections on sentences, the use of tenses and suggestions for tackling ‘problem’ areas of writing, from sense based writing to using pictures as prompts. Practical support to inspire your students. What’s included? KS4 curriculum assessment objective map lesson plans and ideas along with tailor-made resources. What’s inside? Introduction (page 1) Summary of pack Getting students started (page 2) Generating an idea for a story (page 3) Tenses (page 4) Narrative point of view (pages 4-5) Varying sentences (page 6) Improving vocabulary and descriptions (pages 7-8) Conflict (page 9) Beginnings (page 10) Plans and planning (page 10) Resources (pages 11-83) Law and order in Britannica Packing your bag Encounter with Gromitz’ spy Getting across to Tongwe Island Extract from Beast Quest – Krabb, Master of the Sea, by Adam Blade How to have TipTop paragraphing skills Diary Openings Dead Trial by Matthew Green An Active Imagination by Virginia E. Zimmer

What’s included? KS3 Comprehension contains 6 self-contained text extracts with reading comprehension worksheet questions, accompanied by model answers. This pack is versatile enough to be used in class, or as a sequence of homework tasks, end-of-term/year assessments and cover lessons. KS3 Comprehension helps students complete the transition from primary to secondary level and provides an effective introduction to 19th century and early 20th century literature. The extracts are suitable for year 7 and year 8 reading comprehension lessons and can be used to supplement existing schemes of work. NB – this pack is an adapted version of Teachit Primary’s ‘Comprehension’ pack, containing newly commissioned KS3 curriculum questions, replacement texts and a selection of supporting resources. What’s inside? Introduction (pages 3-4) Extract 1 – Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt (Pages 5-10) Extract 2 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum (pages 11-17) Extract 3 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (pages 18-23) Extract 4 – Odin’s Reward by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings (pages 24-30) Extract 5 – The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (pages 31-38) Extract 6 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (pages 39-45) Additional resources to support reading comprehension (page 46)